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CLEAN SLATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clean slate mean?
• CLEAN SLATE (noun)
The noun CLEAN SLATE has 1 sense:
1. an opportunity to start over without prejudice
Familiarity information: CLEAN SLATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An opportunity to start over without prejudice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
clean slate; fresh start; tabula rasa
Hypernyms ("clean slate" is a kind of...):
chance; opportunity (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances)
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